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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation
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| 9:1 |
The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. |
The burden of a word of Jehovah against the land of Hadrach, and Demmeseh -- his place of rest: (When to Jehovah `is' the eye of man, And of all the tribes of Israel.) |
| 9:2 |
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. |
And also Hamath doth border thereon, Tyre and Zidon, for -- very wise! |
| 9:3 |
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. |
And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places. |
| 9:4 |
Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. |
Lo, the Lord doth dispossess her, And He hath smitten in the sea her force, And she with fire is consumed. |
| 9:5 |
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. |
See doth Ashkelon and fear, Also Gaza, and she is exceedingly pained, Also Ekron -- for her expectation dried up, And perished hath a king from Gaza, And Ashkelon doth not remain, |
| 9:6 |
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. |
And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines. |
| 9:7 |
And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. |
And turned aside his blood from his mouth, His abominations from between his teeth, And he hath remained, even he, to our God, And he hath been as a leader in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite. |
| 9:8 |
And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes. |
And I have pitched for My house a camp, Because of the passer through, and of the returner, And pass not through against them again doth an exactor, For, now, I have seen with My eyes. |
| 9:9 |
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. |
Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous -- and saved is He, Afflicted -- and riding on an ass, And on a colt -- a son of she-asses. |
| 9:10 |
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. |
And I have cut off the chariot from Ephraim, And the horse from Jerusalem, Yea, cut off hath been the bow of battle, And he hath spoken peace to nations, And his rule `is' from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth. |
| 9:11 |
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. |
Also thou -- by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it. |
| 9:12 |
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; |
Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee. |
| 9:13 |
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. |
For I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled `with' Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero. |
| 9:14 |
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. |
And Jehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightning hath His arrow, And the Lord Jehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south. |
| 9:15 |
The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. |
Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar. |
| 9:16 |
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. |
And saved them hath Jehovah their God In that day, as a flock of His people, For stones of a crown are displaying themselves over His ground. |
| 9:17 |
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. |
For what His goodness! and what His beauty! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins -- make fruitful! |
